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Meridion C.A. Agardh 1824, pg. xiv
Generitype LT: Meridion vernale Agardh 1824
Designated by Bory de Saint-Vincent (000145), p. 425 (vol. 10)
Year Designated 1826
Nomenclatural status valid
Recent revisions Williams 1985 (ref. 006928), Williams 1990 (ref. 006877)
Comments Latin description of the genus p. XIV, latin description of 3 species p. 2-3, M. vernale, M. ovatum, M. radians, no type designated. Farr et al. (1979) however, gives Meridion vernale C.A. Agardh as the holotype. Hanna (unpubl. ms) remarked, and we can confirm, that the type, Meridion vernale, was designated by Bory (Dict. Class. d'Hist. Nat., vol. 10, 1826, p. 425, ref. 000145).
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Agardh, C.A. 1824  (ref. 102)

Systema Algarum

Adumbravit C.A. Agardh. Lundae Literis Berlingianis. Lundae xxxvii, 312 pp.